So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning(A) to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid(B) yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths(C) and commit(D) yourselves to the Lord and serve him only,(E) and he will deliver(F) you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:8 Deut. 6:13

10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan!(A) For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:10 Deut. 6:13

It is the Lord your God you must follow,(A) and him you must revere.(B) Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast(C) to him.

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Let the wicked forsake(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(B)
Let them turn(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(E)

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14 “Now fear the Lord(A) and serve him with all faithfulness.(B) Throw away the gods(C) your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt,(D) and serve the Lord.

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23 “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods(A) that are among you and yield your hearts(B) to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

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48 and if they turn back(A) to you with all their heart(B) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(C) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(D) I have built for your Name;(E)

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Rend Your Heart

12 “Even now,” declares the Lord,
    “return(A) to me with all your heart,(B)
    with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

13 Rend your heart(C)
    and not your garments.(D)
Return(E) to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,(F)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(G)
    and he relents from sending calamity.(H)

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Israel Unrepentant

“Come, let us return(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(B)
    but he will heal us;(C)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.(D)
After two days he will revive us;(E)
    on the third day(F) he will restore(G) us,
    that we may live in his presence.

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24 God is spirit,(A) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

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and when you and your children return(A) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart(B) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes[a](C) and have compassion(D) on you and gather(E) you again from all the nations where he scattered(F) you.(G) Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,(H) from there the Lord your God will gather(I) you and bring you back.(J) He will bring(K) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous(L) than your ancestors. The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,(M) so that you may love(N) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. The Lord your God will put all these curses(O) on your enemies who hate and persecute you.(P) You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.(Q) The Lord will again delight(R) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, 10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law(S) and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.(T)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity

“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(A) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(B) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(C) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(D) him, he will reject(E) you forever.

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Jephthah

Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord.(A) They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths,(B) and the gods of Aram,(C) the gods of Sidon,(D) the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites(E) and the gods of the Philistines.(F) And because the Israelites forsook the Lord(G) and no longer served him,

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19 Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God.(A) Begin to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord.”

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So Jacob said to his household(A) and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods(B) you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.(C)

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“‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.

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31 Rid(A) yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart(B) and a new spirit. Why(C) will you die, people of Israel?(D)

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This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:

“Break up your unplowed ground(A)
    and do not sow among thorns.(B)
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
    circumcise your hearts,(C)
    you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath(D) will flare up and burn like fire(E)
    because of the evil(F) you have done—
    burn with no one to quench(G) it.

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24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.(A)

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16 To humans belong the plans of the heart,
    but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.(A)

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13 “Yet if you devote your heart(A) to him
    and stretch out your hands(B) to him,(C)
14 if you put away(D) the sin that is in your hand
    and allow no evil(E) to dwell in your tent,(F)

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